From JIM LIPTRAP's "My Genealogy" web page

Shared note	From JIM LIPTRAP's "My Genealogy" web page http://jliptrap.us/gen/ There have been many guesses about the meaning of the name "Steinseifer." But records from the area west of Siegen, Nassau, Germany, in the first half of the 1600's point to a family that lived in a particular, small, rocky valley near Brachbach on the Sieg River. The family of "Johannes zum Steinseiffen," a miller in Brachbach, is mentioned in the churchbooks in Kirchen from their beginning in 1642. A more complete description would be a family from the "steinigen Seifen." "Steinig" means stony or rocky. "Seifen" is an old German word, not in current dictionaries, meaning a small valley off to the side.

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From JIM LIPTRAP's "My Genealogy" web page
http://jliptrap.us/gen/

There have been many guesses about the meaning of the name "Steinseifer." But records from the area west of Siegen, Nassau, Germany, in the first half of the 1600's point to a family that lived in a particular, small, rocky valley near Brachbach on the Sieg River. The family of "Johannes zum Steinseiffen," a miller in Brachbach, is mentioned in the churchbooks in Kirchen from their beginning in 1642. A more complete description would be a family from the "steinigen Seifen." "Steinig" means stony or rocky. "Seifen" is an old German word, not in current dictionaries, meaning a small valley off to the side.

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John Daniel Stonesifer , Sr. Johan Daniel Steinsauffert Johann Daniel Steinseifer J. Daniel Stonesifer Johannes Daniel Steinseiffer Father: Johan Jakob Steinseifer Mother: Elisabeth Gertrud Noll				December 1, 1731	292	Seelbach, Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	13	August 9, 1813	211	81	Silver Run, Carroll Co., Maryland	Thursday, March 7, 2013 10:03 AM	M	YES	YES
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